bookrebus Chapter 774: Defeat at Maicheng (2)
Chapter 774: Defeat at Maicheng (2)
"It's perfectly normal for you to not trust Boss Cao and suspect fraud. It would be abnormal if you didn't suspect anything.
Also, when you set out on the expedition, you had already taken precautions against possible sneak attacks by Eastern Wu and arranged for many people to stay behind in Jingzhou. You believed that even if Eastern Wu launched an attack, those people could hold out for a few months and report to you. Now you have not received any reports, so you believe that the rear is safe and there is no need to withdraw.
Moreover, your army was much stronger than Cao Ren's at that time, and Fancheng was about to be captured due to floods. You thought that you only needed to make more efforts to capture Fancheng, so you did not choose to withdraw. "
Guan Yu nodded after hearing what the immortal said, "It is indeed not easy to withdraw the troops. We can take Fancheng soon."
Yan Zhenqing and Yang Zaixing looked at each other and looked at Guan Yu with sympathy. If only it were that simple.
"On the other hand, Sun Quan naturally adopted Boss Cao's suggestion and sent General Lu Meng to capture Jingzhou.
Sun Quan also appointed Lü Meng as the commander-in-chief and led the army to attack Jiangling, with Sun Jiao as his successor. He also sent the right general Jiang Qin to command the navy to enter the Han River to prevent Guan Yu from going downstream.
Lu Meng also learned from the spies that there were beacon towers everywhere along the river and there was no sign of slacking in the defenses.
So Lu Meng went back to discuss with Sun Quan, and claimed to be ill and had to go back to recuperate, in order to paralyze you, Senior Guan Yu.
Sun Quan even sent the younger Lu Xun to replace Lu Meng. Lu Xun deliberately sent a letter to you, Senior Guan Yu, expressing his admiration for you for flooding Yu Jin's seven armies.
After reading the letter, Senior Guan Yu felt that Lu Xun was a rookie and would be much easier to deal with than Lu Meng, so he couldn't help but let down his guard.
You are being careless," However, this was indeed something he had never thought of, Li Wu helplessly spread his hands.
Guan Yu frowned, these things have not happened yet and will not happen in the future, but he still has to listen to them more or less.
"The troops defending Jingzhou were gradually transferred to Fancheng.
When Sun Quan learned that Senior Guan Yu had fallen into a trap, he immediately ordered Lu Meng to lead an army to attack Jingzhou.
When Lu Meng arrived in Xunyang, he disguised his warships as merchant ships and his soldiers as merchants, and traveled day and night.
Lu Meng himself led his troops to ambush in the cabin, deceived the guards at the beacon tower, and brought the ship to the shore.
At the middle of the night, the soldiers hiding in the cabin bravely came out, killed the defending soldiers unexpectedly, and occupied Jingzhou.
Then, striking while the iron was hot, Lu Meng sent people to persuade the defenders of Gong'an and Jiangling to surrender.
Those generals already had some grievances against you, Senior Guan Yu, and could not stand any persuasion, so they directly defected to the Eastern Wu.
He also used Fu Shiren to persuade Mi Fang, the defender of Jiangling, to surrender, and treated the families of your general Guan Yu and his soldiers well. He also released the Wei army officers and soldiers you had captured and comforted the people.
Jingzhou had been occupied a long time ago, but you didn't know that, Senior Guan Yu. When I shot you a letter, you didn't believe it," Li Wu waved his hands helplessly. Although Guan Yu had his own concerns, he never expected that Jingzhou was really gone at that time.
Guan Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes, "So what Cao Cao said in the letter was actually true. But at that time I had already made all the preparations, how could I have thought of these things, alas," one thing led to another, and besides, he really didn't dare to believe Cao Cao's letter, and he also underestimated the Soochow.
This time, no, this time naturally these things would not happen, which made Guan Yu very uncomfortable.
He actually lost Jingzhou. The strategy of Eastern Wu and Cao Wei was really good. It was also his fault for being too careless.
"Because you were hesitant at the time and the morale of the army was shaken, Xu Huang took the opportunity to march into your stronghold, Senior Guan Yu, and defeated you, and took the opportunity to open up the route to Fancheng.
At that time, the flood receded, Cao Ren's army cooperated with Xu Huang to attack Guan Yu, and Wen Pin cut off Guan Yu's food supply by water, and you were defeated step by step.
Later you learned that Jingzhou, Jiangling and other Yangtze River fortresses had been lost one after another. You couldn't believe it was true, so you immediately led your troops to retreat south from Fancheng.
After Lu Meng entered Jiangling, he released Yu Jin, who was imprisoned by Senior Guan Yu, and sent people to comfort the Shu army soldiers and their families.
These actions of Lu Meng caused the morale of the Shu army to weaken and their fighting spirit to collapse. Many soldiers even fled halfway. This made Senior Guan Yu so angry that he gritted his teeth and said that you could not kill Lu Meng while he was alive, and you had to kill him after his death!
Sun Quan's army was unstoppable and invincible, while your side, Guan Yu, was defeated step by step and retreated all the way to Maicheng.
Sun Quan arrived with his troops and sent Zhuge Jin to persuade Senior Guan Yu to surrender.
So you pretended to surrender, put up a white flag on the city wall, and secretly took a dozen riders to abandon the city and flee westward.
After Sun Quan learned about it, he immediately sent people to cut off Guan Yu's various routes. The Eastern Wu army ambushed in the grass and tripped Guan Yu and others with lassoes.
We captured you, Senior Guan Yu, and your son Guan Ping alive.
Sun Quan personally came again to persuade Senior Guan Yu to surrender, but Senior Guan Yu did not choose to surrender and even cursed Sun Quan.
Sun Quan was also afraid of leaving behind future troubles, so he killed you, Senior Guan Yu.
When the news of Senior Guan Yu's death reached Liu Bei, he fainted on the ground. After waking up, he refused to eat or drink and cried all day long.
Senior Guan Yu, your mount, Red Hare, wailed every day, refused to eat or drink, and died after a few days," Li Wu sighed.
Guan Yu remained silent and said nothing.
In front of the sky curtain, after Liu Bei heard that Sun Quan had killed Guan Yu, he glared at Sun Quan fiercely. Zhang Fei was even more excited and attacked Sun Quan. For a moment, some tried to stop him, while others just watched the fun.
Cao Cao felt extremely regretful. It was such a pity that Guan Yu died just like that.
But he is just watching the show now. When Liu Bei's camp and Sun Quan's camp fight, they have to stay away, otherwise it will be bad if they are hit.
Fortunately, none of them brought any weapons. This was a joint decision made by the three parties. After all, they all had some grudges against each other. It would be bad if someone died in the fight.
This alliance was not solid to begin with, and it became even less solid now that someone had died.
When Sun Quan heard this, he just wanted to laugh. He was so successful that he actually killed Guan Yu. But when he saw Zhang Fei was about to hit him, he was scared. Fortunately, someone stopped him, otherwise he would have been beaten.
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"Later, Senior Guan Yu's head was sent to Boss Cao by Sun Quan, and Boss Cao buried you with the rites of a feudal lord.
Senior Guan Yu, you are sixty years old. If nothing unexpected happened, you might have lived longer.
I have finished telling your story, Senior Guan Yu, let me offer you a toast," Li Wu said, raising his glass.
"Thank you, little immortal," Guan Yu raised his glass, and the other two followed suit.
"I have a few short stories about you, Senior Guan Yu. Would you like to listen?" There are quite a lot of short stories about Guan Yu.
"Please tell me, little immortal," Guan Yu was still silent. He didn't expect that he would be killed by the Dongwu whom he looked down upon.
When Yan Zhenqing and Yang Zaixing saw Guan Yu like this, they picked up food for him from time to time. They couldn't say any words of comfort, and they felt that Senior Guan Yu didn't need any comfort.
Guan Yu nodded to the two of them, indicating that he was fine and there was no need to worry.